"Take Courage, My Brethren, Let Us Go Forward Together, Jesus Will Be With Us. (Heb 12:1)

"Take courage, my brethren, let us go forward together, Jesus will be with us. (Heb 12:1)

For the sake of Jesus we took up His cross; for the sake of Jesus let us persevere on the cross.

He will be our helper, who is our captain and our leader. Behold our King marches before us, who will fight for us.

Let us follow Him manfully; let no one shrink through fear; let us be ready to die valiantly in battle, and not stain our glory by flying from the standard of the cross. (1 Macc 9:10)

-Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ

It's so frustrating having friends who are suffering but who only seek refuge in any conceivable conspiracy theory & random internet spiritual guru instead of giving orthodox Christianity a chance

Happy Feast Day

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos

1819-1867

Feast Day: October 5

Patronage: against cancer

Blessed Fr. Francis Xavier Seelos was beatified by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2000. Born in Germany, he was inspired to be a Redemptorist missionary priest in the U.S. to serve the German immigrants. At St. Philomena’s Parish in Pittsburgh, he was the assistant to St. John Neumann, who was his spiritual director and encouraged him to preach missions. Fr. Seelos lived a simple lifestyle, serving the poor and abandoned. He was called the “Cheerful Ascetic,” the “American Wonderworker,” the “Doctor of Souls,” for his intercession in healing bodies and souls. He was assigned to parishes in Detroit, Baltimore, and New Orleans, where he died from yellow fever contracted from caring for victims of the disease.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)

I hope to see the day were abortion is treated with the same disgust and disdain as slavery.

"What dost thou chiefly require of a guilty and wretched sinner but that he should heartily repent and humble himself for his sins?

In true contrition and humility of heart is brought forth hope of forgiveness; a troubled conscience is reconciled; grace that was lost is recovered; a man is secured from the wrath to come, and God meets the penitent soul in the holy kiss of peace.

Humble contrition for sins is an acceptable sacrifice to Thee, O Lord (Ps 1:19), of far sweeter odor in Thy sight than the burning of frankincense.

this is also that pleasing ointment which Thou wouldst have to be poured upon Thy sacred feet, for Thou never yet hast despised a contrite and humbled heart."

-Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ